Silver Quarters????

[herbajones]

How come we can find tons of clad quarters, at least I have... practically every time out, which means they are dropped almost as much as any other coin. How come the silver quarters are such a rare find nowadays?? I'm sure they were dropped as much back then, just like today.

 

[Flambeaux]

I have found only one so far ..1944....should be more out there somewhere..good hunting

 

[Grumpyolddiver]

Just a Guess but I'm thinking that the older detector's would detect a quarter at up to 10 inch's here in Iowa (And I did it a couple times)so a lot of them have been found allready.Now as in all things some are missed and some are on edge.Or next to junk items and so are harder to detect.And those are the ones being found,plus the ones nobody put a loop over before.I haven't had the time to post the last couple weeks due to other things (like work) but will shortly.I found both A 1953 Franklin Halve and a 1943 Washington Quarter and the halve was on edge at 5 inchs with a brass shotgun hull 4 inchs below that.It was a strange signal but was just to good to pass up.Glad I didn't.And the quarter was on a 45* angle at 5-6 inchs and was still stuck in the wall when I got the plug out.My only guess on that one is that before electronic pinpointers were around it may have been heard and dug but they were unable to find it as it was 3-4 inch's to one side of where the signal was pinpointed.I have been digging signals with the etrac that maybe I didn't before because I'm still learning the sounds and numbers.I guess what I'm saying is what I have heard on here before and bears repeating and that is. If in any doubt DIG IT.I know my hunting buddy believes me now. Right Jim?????? Grumpy as Allways In Iowa

 

[herbajones]

I tend to agree with that, as in the 70's and 80"s I found a lot of silver Washington quarters with my Whites 4DB TR at about 2" and the Liberty's at 3" to 5".

 

[ZOFCHAK]

How come we can find tons of clad quarters, at least I have... practically every time out, which means they are dropped almost as much as any other coin. How come the silver quarters are such a rare find nowadays?? I'm sure they were dropped as much back then, just like today.

For one, in 1964 a quarter was worth a heck of a lot more and there were far less of them around to lose. Ignoring the silver content and using inflation alone a quarter in 1964 would be $1.75 in today's dollars, or inversely 4 pennies in 1964 would get you as far as a clad quarter does in 2011.

 

[Goes4ever]

This year I have dug 61 silver as of today and 8 of them are quarters, so yeah they are not everywhere. Odd thing is I found a spill of two quarters, and another spill of three quarters, so 5 of the 8 I have dug was in 2 holes..lol

 

[banditicey]

all the silver quarters i have found are only Washington's
my hope this year will be to find some Barbers, SLQ and Walker quarters

 

[tippyhound]

How come we can find tons of clad quarters, at least I have... practically every time out, which means they are dropped almost as much as any other coin. How come the silver quarters are such a rare find nowadays?? I'm sure they were dropped as much back then, just like today.

To answer your question on the silver quarters there just wasn't as many people who had them to lose years back. A quarter was a lot of money since many people back 50 to100 years ago only made $.50 for a days work so they watched them pretty close. I hunted a vacant lot behind my house last year and I found 3 Silver Washington quarters dating in the 1930,s and It really surprised me as those were depression years and quarters were hard to come by in fact any money was hard to come by.

Last year I found $54.00 face in quarters alone and so far this year I have found $35.00 in quarters, This doesn't really surprise me as I read some where that quarters was the most lost of all US coins.

Over the last 43 years I have found several hundred silver quarters, mostly Washington's, Barbers, a few SLQ and only one Seated and I found that in a park That was producing very few older coins. My son found a nice 1905 Barber dime at 8 inch's and I wasn't finding any silver then under a big tree I got a quarter reading at 3 inch's and thinking I had a clad quarter I got a big surprise when a nice 1873 Seated Quarter popped out of the ground. Can't imagine how anyone could have missed that one. Rick IL

 

[banditicey]

Just a thought..PENNIES are the most lost

 

[tippyhound]

When I first got into this hobby the penny was found 9 for every other coin found, silver coins was only found 1 for every 15 to 20 coins found. Today the coin I find most is the dime, then the quarter, then the copper penny. then the nickle, and finally the silver coin. The Zincoln I don't count as I won't waist my time to dig a shallow Zincoln reading. To me they are a nuisance not a coin.

 

[moose]

I dig it all, if it is in range. I'm even diggin zincoln's and less than 1/3rd the finds are silver. As of now, I'm at 21 wheats, one indian two silvers and two rings, one that is solid silver and heavy. Almost $11.00 in clad.

Thanks for sharing,

Moose

 

[Caprock_1964]

My father (born 1910) and his father carried their change in small pocket coin purses. My failure to find any coins around the home places is a testament to carefully guarded and scarce money. That said, if a coin was noticed missing, especially a dime, while me and my friends were playing all activity stopped while we got down on hands/ knees and considerable effort was expended to find it. A lost dime, much less a quarter, was serious business.

Nowadays, few people stop to pick up zincolns on the Wally World parking lot.

 

[BH_Landstar_]

Errrm ! Zinc coins (the new penny) is also the range for LARGE gold, so don't pass them up people !

 

[tippyhound]

I will always dig a target (including Zincolns) as long as they are 4 inch's or deeper. I even dug a Zincoln reading at 8 inch's thinking it would be a Indian Head (haven't found one with the E-trac yet) but nope it was a completly ate up Zincoln. My Etrac has been reading all over the place on Quarters, Dimes and Pennies of late, am thinking about sending it in in the near futher to have it cecked over. Probably nothing wrong but sure am getting some strange readings of late. Rick IL

 

[Goes4ever]

When I first got into this hobby the penny was found 9 for every other coin found, silver coins was only found 1 for every 15 to 20 coins found. Today the coin I find most is the dime, then the quarter, then the copper penny. then the nickle, and finally the silver coin. The Zincoln I don't count as I won't waist my time to dig a shallow Zincoln reading. To me they are a nuisance not a coin.

this year I am at 4.15 wheats for every silver coin found, now granted most are silver dimes, but if your finding wheats silver should be close.